Please check my post on the Haverford thread, but the advice of every athlete at the school right now is if you have a choice and Wendy Raymond is still President, don’t come!
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This is a disaster for all the athletes and a totally tone-deaf dictatorial move by President Wendy Raymond. There was no warning in January that this might happen, so most athletes trustingly came back to campus, thinking that with rapid testing available, local high schools playing, and the minimal risk outdoor sports pose, the College would support the 40% of the student body that play a sport and find a way.
There was no plan, no communication and no students or coach agency, or even input. Students were gob-smacked, and at a school that advertises itself as “run by students,with input on every major decision “ this was a total disregard of the mission and purported values of Haverford.
President Raymond didn’t even include her athletic director in the process.
My child is now even more distressed. She reports an exponential increase in despair and binge drinking among athletes, especially seniors who will lose 2 seasons. She says she feels unheard, misled and as if all the coll…
Closing this one.